On July 20th, 2024, the Cambridge Rocket Club celebrated the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing by hosting it’s seventh launch of the season. We were greeted with clear blue skies, warm temperatures and moderate winds. The heavy rainfall experienced a few days earlier left several isolated areas of the field damp and under […]
Author: Saverio Prato
Launch Report – July 1, 2024
On account that our June 22nd launch was postponed one week and then cancelled the following week due to poor weather, the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted a short notice mini-launch on Monday July 1st, Canada Day. The weather included clear skies, temperatures in the low 20’s and winds gusting up to 20kph. I was please to […]
Launch Report – June 25, 2024
The Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s 5th launch of the season on Saturday June 25, 2024. The weather finally co-operated and we were greeted with blue skies, lite winds and moderate temperatures. We has 19 model rocketeers and guest fliers show up we also welcome ne CRC member Harold Bartz. Our club founder, Gary White showed […]
Launch Report, May 19, 2024
The Cambridge Rocket Club finally hosted it’s first scheduled launch of the season on May 19, 2024. After three failed attempts to launch in April and early May due to poor weather, we finally got mother nature to cooperate. We met with ideal weather conditions, high 20 degree temperatures and winds below 10 KPH and […]
Mini-Launch Videos, February 3, 2024
I have tried to set up a YouTube page to post the videos I record at our Cambridge Rocket Club launches. I have posted eight videos recorded at our February 3rd mini-launch. I believe that you can find them by going toy YouTube and searching for the “Cambridge Rocket Club”. I’ve also attached the links to […]
Winter Mini-Launch # 2, February 3, 2024
On February 3, 2024, the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted its second Winter Mini-Launch. We were greeted with 3 degree temperatures, blue clear skies and less than 10 kph winds, ideal winter launch conditions. Our primary launch site field has been cultivated and the unfrozen top surface of the ground was too muddy to enter. We […]
January 7, 2024 – Winter Mini-launch
The Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s first launch of 2024 on January 7th. The short notice winter mini-launch was greeted with overcast skies, 1 degree temperature and calm meandering winds, less than 10 KPH. A total of 6 club members and a grade 7 student working on a school project were present for the launch. […]